Bradman passes all-time test but doffs his cap to Sobers at top of the order

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GETTING beaten up by Ian Botham on huntin’, shootin’ and fishin’ was just the half of it. Our meeting last week took place in the tiny mobile village of Test match commentary boxes, in which former stars sit in judgment on today’s seemingly lesser generation of players. You clamber up the steps and there sits David Gower, head buried in a newspaper. Here comes David Lloyd, asking if I knew that he once played football for Burnley A? Michael Holding pops in, after the latest West Indies score. Richie Benaud says hello.